Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules
A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.
Environmental Justice
What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?
“Organizational change in large bureaucracies takes time.”
No ‘seat at the table’: Why environmental justice activists fear a Trump win
“With a Harris-Walz administration, we will at least have a seat at the table,” one activist said. “With a Trump administration, there won't be a table.”
New book looks at winners and losers in Pennsylvania environmental history
“Cradle of Conservation” examines how people have interacted with the environment from pre-colonial days to now.
Study Finds Fewer Greenspaces in Historically Redlined Cities
Researchers found that urban neighborhoods lack greenspace today because of a specific government policy enacted over 80 years ago.
Allegheny County Health Department gets $930k grant to grow climate resilience
Green infrastructure projects will be built to help vulnerable communities with a high flood risk become more resilient to the impact of climate change.
Neighborhoods in Pa. cities can get up to 13 degrees hotter due to urban environment
The heat is absorbed and released by buildings, roads and pavement. It's worse in neighborhoods with low incomes and higher populations of people of color.
EPA coke oven rule to bring new monitoring requirements to U.S. Steel’s Clairton plant
The new rule will require U.S. Steel to set up fenceline monitoring for benzene, a carginogen, around its coke plant.
Pa. environmental education programs receive $1 million from state
This year’s projects range from running summer camps to helping people protect their homes from stormwater.
Pa. to receive millions for solar energy projects that will benefit residents with low income
More than $156 million will help residential solar, energy storage and infrastructure upgrades for low-income, disadvantaged and fossil fuel communities.
